On a recent Saturday I got to work with my husband on a story. It was a Migrant Education Math Competition held at CSUF. It was fun watching these 7th and 8th grade students get so excited about being interviewed.

Colleague, Diana Marcum and I were out working on a story when we ran across this beautiful field of mustard grass growing beneath a mountain southeast of Fresno. We were stunned by it. So much so that we pulled over and took turns climbing on the car to photograph it.

Roosevelt coach Joel Munoz gets drenched by his team after Roosevelt won the Division IV Boys Soccer Final on Saturday, February 28, 2009, against Arvin.

Rain falls on a gutter in central Fresno that reflects the tree lined street. I liked the look of the blurred image of the rain falling onto the puddle because I was focusing on the reflection in the puddle.

Part of the Reedley High school academic decathlon team wears sombreros during the Super Quiz portion of the competition. The theme of this years competition was Latin America with an emphasis on Mexico.

(Center) Sarah Larson of Edison cheers along with other Edison High school students at the 2009 Fresno County Academic Decathlon held on Saturday. The gym at Clovis East was filled with tremendous spirit and enthusiasm for academics. It was great.

Move over Marley. What could be cuter than a sleepy Doberman?

Imagine my surprise when one of my co-workers told me they saw a photograph I took on a city bus. Back in 2006 for Back Talk, a teen section in the newspaper, I photographed Karey Wedemeyer, a Fresno Fire Captain, who studied nursing and was a loan officer before becoming a firefighter. John Alvin, a Fresno Bee artist who had designed the page the photograph ran on, spotted it. So I was on the look out and then one day I saw the bus heading across town. Naturally I had to photograph it.

It was going to be my daughter's birthday and I knew she loved cats. I borrowed one of her cat books which was shaped like a cat and fanned out into numerous cat heads. I took it into Charlotte's Bakery and asked Josh if he could make me one. It far surpassed my expectations and was so adorable we had a tough time cutting into it. The cool thing was it was totally vegan and made without any dairy products. Not only was it so cute it tasted great too.

While out at the site of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition filming on day two in Fresno I thought this scene was funny. Beverages for the crew and volunteers were piled in a residential parking spot between a car and a police officers motorcycle.

Residents of East Robinson Avenue, William Weigandt and Cynthia and Daniel Mullins watch the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew on Friday.

Ty Pennigton host of "Extreme Makeover:Home Editon" and crew get ready to deal with asbestos on site of the Riojas family home in Fresno, California.

I enjoy doing food illustrations because they really need to look enticing on newsprint, not always easy. On this assignment my goal was to make a fresh lemonade mixed drink that did not come across as summery. I took all the ingredients home, since it was easier to work out of my kitchen. I followed the recipe to get the right color minus the simple syrup and vodka, since these ingredients are clear. To add a New Year's feel I grabbed a bottle of my daughters silver glitter and spread it down on the table as a background. I used a 50mm macro lens, focusing only on the top of the liquid.

Often we are asked to go out and find art to go with a weather story. While out looking for art recently I came upon this interesting sight.

Tennis balls fly at the opening day of the Hmong International New Year. The traditional ball toss was in full swing as young and old used it as a way to socialize and meet people.